vin PHILIPS WOUWERMAN 337 Exhibited at the Hague, 1890 ; and at Utrecht, 1894, No. 464. Sale. A. H. H. van der Burgh, Amsterdam, September 21, 1904, No. 45 (2600 florins). In the collection of J. Hage, Nivaa. 279. A PIEBALD HORSE, ITS RIDER, AND A WOMAN SPINNING. In a landscape. In the centre foreground a grey horse with brown spots, in profile to the left, grazes near a tree. To the left is a peasant. By the roadside to the right sits a woman holding a distaff; behind her is a boy. In the middle distance a man comes riding on a mule laden with faggots ; in the distance a horseman rides away. Signed with the monogram ; panel, i6| inches by 14 inches. In the possession of the Paris dealer C. Sedelmeyer, " Catalogue of 100 Paintings," 1897, No. 49. In the collection of Dr. Melville Wassermann, Paris. 280. TWO HORSEMEN AND A WOMAN SPINNING IN FRONT OF A COTTAGE. Sm. 350 ; M. 54. A countryman, holding his horse by the bridle, converses with a woman who sits on the ground spinning. At his feet lies a saddle ; to the left another man is adjusting the saddle of a brown horse. In the right middle distance is a decayed cottage at the foot of a hill with two trees on it. At the cottage door an old woman calls a boy, who runs up a flight of stone steps to the door. On a narrow path to the right comes a countryman with a pack- horse. It is a dark and apparently unimportant picture, so far as one can see it. A piece has been added at the top which is abruptly curved. Signed on the left at foot with the full monogram ; panel, 18^ inches by 14 inches. Engraved by Moyreau, No. 54, as "La Chaumiere," 1747; and by A. Tischler as " Retraite des Voyageurs." In the collection of Count Bruhl, 1747. In the Hermitage Palace, St. Petersburg, 1901 catalogue, No. 1003. 281. A Peasant and a Woman spinning. In front of a country inn a man stands by a grey horse. He holds a mug, and converses with a woman who sits on the doorstep spinning. Near her is a boy with a dog. There is another horseman. Panel, 16 inches by 14 inches. Sale. J. Danser Nijman, Amsterdam, August 1 6, 1797, No. 307 (200 florins). 282. A Young Woman at her Distaff. Sm. Suppl. 158. In front of a picturesque old house sits a woman with a distaff. She converses with a man in a red jacket, who stands holding his horse's bridle. Farther back a sportsman rides away on a brown horse, followed by a dog. A woman amuses a child with a dog. Somewhat dark in tone. Panel, 16 inches by 14 inches. In the collection of Lord Colborne, London, 1842(801.), and i854(Waagen, ii. 241). 283. A Horseman resting and a Woman spinning. Two VOL. II Z
